Top 10: Fighters with the Most Fight Bonuses

Sep 1, 2016

When you enter the octagon on the highest level with a skilled
opponent across from you, no additional motivation is needed than
trying not to get severely injured or humiliated, but
Ultimate Fighting Championship (online betting) still managed to do something
amazing by adding performance bonuses to events.

Fighters already earn quite a bit of money, but adding that
sensation that a single strike can earn you an additional $50,000
or more, that you can basically be crowned the champion of the
night, giving you a kind of supremacy over the other fighters
without having to fight them, surely guarantees for an even bigger
adrenaline surge. So the discontinuation of Knockout of the Night
and Submission of the Night doesn't make sense. But one of the two
remaining awards - Fight of the Night is the most genius of them
all because it guarantees that fighting like a lion pays off even
in a loss, so that brings more enjoyable, crowd-pleasing bouts, and
less strategic and uneventful ones.

Becoming the crowd's favorite is in direct correlation with the
number of bonuses got, the moves that get rewarded are those ones
that bring spectators in the venue and augment the pay-per-view
revenues. So you know that you'll find some of your favorite
warriors in this list of fighters with the most bonuses.

Joe Lauzon (14 Bonus Awards)

Lauzon has won post-fight bonuses in nine of his last 14 bouts, the
last one coming at UFC 200 against Diego Sanchez after a first
round knockout. Thanks to his superior grappling skills he has won
the most Submission of the Night bonuses in the UFC - 6, and his
tenacity gave him the same of amount of Fight of the Night
bonuses.

Nate Diaz (14 Bonus Awards)

Diaz shares the throne with Lauzon, and won't be happy that the
Submission of the Night award has been discontinued either, as he
has accumulated five of them. With a fight against Conor McGregor
upcoming in UFC 202, we predict another Fight of the Night award
for him.

Anderson Silva (13 Bonus Awards)

The average UFC fan and Anderson Silva have one thing in common -
they both hate it that Knockout of the Night award has been
discontinued, as the Brazilian Legend had 7 of them, more than half
of his total awards among which there isn't a single Performance of
the Night award.

Donald Cerrone (12 Bonus Awards)

The busiest fighter in the UFC (with at least 4 bouts per year
since 2013) has managed to have the most balanced award collection,
as he had a few of each. The last one was one mid-June when a bout
with Patrick Cote earned him a POTN award.

Chris Lytle (10 Bonus Awards)

The only retired fighter with more than 7 awards is the first man
to combine all four of the prestigious bonuses. But Fight of the
Night brought him the most money as he has won it six times.

Frankie Edgar (10 Bonus Awards)

One of only three fighters from this victorious bunch that has won
the Fight of the Night award a whopping seven times, an achievement
that makes this former UFC lightweight champion a must see in all
his fights.

Charles Oliveira (9 Bonus Awards)

Submissions are the main weapon of this fighter from Brazil, and
that's how most of his bonuses are earned, as he has won three
Submission of the Night awards, and not one Knockout of the
Night.

Clay Guida (9 Bonus Awards)

When you see Clay Guida's name on a card for the fight, make sure
that you'll be watching it as he has six Fight of the Night awards,
which is a guarantee for some prime time UFC entertainment.

Lyota Machida (8 Bonus Awards)

Former UFC Light Heavyweight champion is a thrill to watch as he
has gathered four Knockout of the Night awards, the most notable
one against Randy Couture which earned him a Sherdog Knockout of
the Year award in 2011.

Diego Sanchez (7 Bonus Awards)

Several fighters have accumulated seven Bonus Awards, but we choose
Diego Sanchez to represent them, as he is the only one that has
seven Fight of the Night bonuses! Conor McGregor is also a notable
member of the 7 club, as he has the most Performance of the Night
rewards out of all fighters - five! All the other members are - Sam
Stout, Edson Barboza, Wanderlei Silva, Carlos Condit, Mauricio Rua,
Jon Jones, Jim Miller, Thiago Tavares, Ronda Rousey, Tony Ferguson,
and Anthony Johnson.